<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">*Deadline for application : Oct. 20*</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Dear colleagues,</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">We are excited to announce the <b>AI4Europe Winter School and AI & Robotics 2024</b>,
which will be held at Örebro University, Sweden, between December 09
and 13, 2024. This event is opened to Ph.D. students. Participation to
the school is free (travel and accommodation are not covered) and 30
places are available.<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Applicants
will be selected based on their background, to ensure they have the
required competence to follow the school and ensure diversity.<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- Location: Örebro University, Sweden,</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- Dates: December 9-13, 2024</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- Application deadline : October 20, 2024 AoE</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- Notification : November 8, 2024.<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><b>Aim of the school</b></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">AI
and robotics are too often considered separate fields. Typical graduate
student curricula concentrate on AI or on robotics, but rarely on both.
This school continues the tradition of the successful series of Lucia
Schools on AI and Robotics, which aim at filling this educational gap
and providing future researchers with theoretical and methodological
knowledge to realize integrated intelligent robots. The courses in this
school are focused towards topics that are complementary to the ones
usually encountered in graduate programs.<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><b>Format and lectures</b></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">During
the week, mornings will be filled with lectures from various renowned
international speakers on topics relevant to the integration of AI and
Robotics, as well as methodological approaches to human-centered AI and
Robotics. In particular, lecture topics are:<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- Fuzzy Logic Control - Alessandro Saffiotti, Örebro University, Sweden</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- Task Planning - Jendrik Seipp, Linköping University, Sweden</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- Reproducibility in AI and Robotics - Rafael Tolosana-Calasanz, University of Zaragoza, Spain</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- Knowledge Graphs and Robotics - Ilaria Tiddi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- Ethics of AI & Robotics - Juraj Podrouzek, KINIT, Slovakia</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- Usability Studies - Andrea Hrckova, KINIT, Slovakia</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">The
afternoons will be filled with labs during which the students will work
in groups towards an integrated system, putting in practice the
knowledge acquired during the lectures. A unique feature of this school
will be the use of the emerging <a href="https://aiod.eu/" title="Click to open https://aiod.eu/" target="_blank">AI-on-Demand platform</a> (AIoD) for the performance of the hands-on exercises.<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">In addition, an evening keynote will be given during the week by Pedro U. Lima, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">For an up-to-date program, visit <a href="https://lucia2024.aass.oru.se/" title="Click to open https://lucia2024.aass.oru.se/" target="_blank">lucia2024.aass.oru.se</a> (currently under construction).</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><b>Application</b></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">To apply, interested students must send:<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- A resume</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- A cover letter</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">- A summary of their research topic (max. 1 page)</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Application should be sent to<span> </span><a href="mailto:jennifer.renoux@oru.se" title="Click to mail jennifer.renoux@oru.se" target="_blank">jennifer.renoux@oru.se</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a href="mailto:asaffio@aass.oru.se" title="Click to mail asaffio@aass.oru.se" target="_blank">asaffio@aass.oru.se</a><span> </span>by October 20, 2024, Anywhere on Earth.<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Results of the selection will be announced by November 8, 2024.<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><b>Fees</b></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Participation to the school is free, and include lunches and a social dinner on Wednesday.<span> </span></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Travel, accommodation, and other meals are not covered.</div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><b>Sponsors</b></div><div style="unicode-bidi:plaintext;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Luciole;font-size:17.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">The AI4Europe Winter School on AI & Robotics 2024 is supported by the <a href="https://ai4europe.aiod.eu/" target="_blank">AI4Europe</a> project, whose mission is to manage, develop, and facilitate the AI-on-Demand Platform (AIoD).</div></div></div>